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ZODIAC trailer

A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay
Area taunts police with his letters and
cryptic messages. We follow the
investigators and reporters in this
lightly fictionalized account of the true
1970's case as they search for the
murderer, becoming obsessed with the case.

This is the trailer for the 63-minute
documentary "Hunting The Zodiac"
filmed from 2001-2002. The documentary
chronicles the investigation and countless
hours that amateur detectives have spent
trying to crack the case. The film also
includes archival footage from early on in
the case, in addition to interviews with
the last two San Francisco homicide
detectives to be assigned to the case.

This ABC Primetime segment aired during
the week before the 2007 movie was
released. It features clips from the
film, along with brief interviews with
author Robert Graysmith as well as actor
Jake Gyllenhaal. The segment goes on to
explore whether the murders can ever be
solved.

On October 22th, 1969, a man claiming to
be the Zodiac killer calls lawyer Melvin
Belli on a KGO-TV morning talk show. News
anchor Walter Cronkite introduces the
story. Belli was supposed to meet the
killer later in the day, but he never
showed up. During the call the killer
says that he has headaches that started
when he killed a kid. Do you think it's
real? Is the caller a fake, or is it all
a hoax?

Watch various news clips from
September/October 1969. The most notable
piece of footage is an interview with
victim Bryan Hartnell, who was gravely
injured during an attack at Lake Berryessa
in Napa Valley when the Zodiac took the
life of his female companion Cecelia
Shepard. Sergeant William White and Chief
of Inspectors Martin Lee are also
featured.

Harry Smith of CBS News interviews Jake
Gyllenhaal about the movie Zodiac. They
reveal that the director of the film,
David Fincher, grew up in the area at the
time of the killings and remembers police
cars following his bus to school after the
killer threatened to shoot school children
getting off the bus.

Author Robert Graysmith and his onscreen
counterpart Jake Gyllenhaal talk about the
movie and Gyllenhaal's portrayal.
Graysmith says that he didn't know that he
was obsessed until Gyllenhaal portrayed
him. The interviewer questions whether
people will be yearning for more of a
resolution at the end of the film.